Percival W. Clement

Percival Wood Clement (born July 7, 1846 in Rutland , Rutland County , Vermont , † January 9, 1927 ibid) was an American politician and governor of the state of Vermont from 1919 to 1921 .

Early years

Percival Clement graduated from Trinity College in Hartford , Connecticut, and then worked at Clement & Sons Marble , which was owned by his family. There he became one of the partners in 1871. In 1876 he sold his stake to the Rutland Marble Company . Clement then went on to do business in various other fields. He was involved in the Rutland State Trust Company , the Clement National Bank , the Rutland Railroad Company and the Rutland Herald newspaper.

Political rise

Clement became a member of the Republican Party . Between 1892 and 1893 he was an MP in the Vermont House of Representatives . From 1897 to 1898 he was mayor of Rutland City, which he had co-founded by excluding this district from Rutland Town. In 1900 and 1901 he was a member of the State Senate . In both 1902 and 1908 he applied unsuccessfully for the office of governor of his state. From 1911 to 1912 he was again mayor of Rutland. In 1912, Clement was chairman of a conference of the New England State Railways Committees . A year later he became a member of the Vermont Education Commission and later served on his state's security committee. In 1918 he was elected governor after all.

Vermont governor

Percival Clement took up his new office on January 9, 1919. He opposed women's suffrage and prohibition , but could not prevent their introduction at the federal level and ratification in Vermont. Clement also pardoned his predecessor Horace F. Graham , who had been convicted of embezzlement of funds in his previous tenure as chief of the Vermont Audit Office. During Clement's tenure, World War I conscripts received a total of one million dollars.

Another résumé

After his tenure on January 6, 1921, Clement returned to his business interests. Politically, he switched to the Democratic Party . He died in January 1927. He had nine children with his wife, Maria H. Goodwin.

literature

Robert Sobel and John Raimo (Eds.): Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789–1978. Volume 4, Meckler Books, Westport, 1978. 4 volumes.

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SURNAME	Clement, Percival W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Clement, Percival Wood (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician and governor of the state of Vermont (1919–1921)
DATE OF BIRTH	July 7, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rutland , Vermont
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 1927
Place of death	Rutland , Vermont